Paper pail.



J. N. DAVIS.

PAPER FAIL. ArPLIoATIoIrILnD Armas, 1905.

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JOHN N. DAVIS, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES B. OGLESBY, Ol" MIDDLETOWN,

PAPER PAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. `10, 1908;

. Application led April V2B, 1906. Serial No. 257,913.

To all whom it" 'may concern:

Be it known that I, .Ioiix N. Davis, a citizen of the United States, residing in Da ton', county of Montgomery, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Irn- "n'ovements in Pa )er Pails, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to` the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to oyster pails, designed for liquids, oysters, berries, and ice crea-ln, and the like, and the particular object of my invention is to provide a novellock for the outside top covers of the pail, whereby the covers may be quickly and accurately locked sluit.

Heretofore it has been usual to attach a rectangular tin loop upon one side edge of the top cover, and to secure a tin strip or tongue to the other side edge and bringing the top covers together to thread the tongue through the rectangular loop, and then drawing on the tongue to bend it back upon itself to lock the covers.

In order. to provide for the convenient threading of the tongue through'the loop, these loops are necessarily constructed considerably wider than the strip of metal forming the tongue. These pails are intended to be used only' once, and consequently the side, or end, extensions which form the top cover have ordinarily not been folded down until the pail is to be used, so that with the first folding over of the cover extensions there is considerable elasticity to the paper material, and a marked tendency of the covers to spring back to their upright position, unless tightly locked. In locking the tongue through the rectangular loop, unless great care is taken, and the covers held down with one hand at the same time that the tongue strip is drawn tight and folded back, the ordinary and usual result is the tongues are bent back over the straight edge of the loop without lying in a strict-ly horizontal position, so that a closure is not obtained. In addition to this it has been usual to clcnch the tongue strip in a fixed position to one of the covers, so that notwithstanding the width of the ri-:ctangulail loop on the opposite cover, it frequently happens that the tongue strips are secured out of'alinemcnt with the loop, or the tongues have been carelessly Touched so that they extend at such an angle. from their respective top covers that the tongue for this reasoircannot be threaded vthrough the loop, and in either of these events the entire pail must be discarded as imperfect.

It is the purpose of my invention to overcome these difficulties by the substitution for the ordinary rectangular loop of a circular loop of a diameter suicient to allow the ready threading of the tongue tl'lrough the loop, and with which construction the circular edges of the loop will form a bearing for the side edges of' the tongue to provide a leverage for drawing the cover extensions closely together into horizontal position, and for locking them securely in one posit-ion.

-Instead of elenching the-tongue strip to the opposite cover in a fixed and rigid position,I also provide for hinging or pivoting the tongue Istrip so that it can be swung laterally, and thus the tongue can be shifted and the lock establisheiil whether the loop and tongue are in alim-:nent or not, and in addition to this ,l am enabled to provide. a much longer tongue strip than ordinarily as the strip can be swung to one side out of the way, when the. pails are nested for shipment 'and this longer strip permits a-lnuch more secure and pcrl'nanent locking of the covers than with the shorter tongues.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my pail with the covers locked. Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view of the pail partly closed, and ready for locking.

A is the paper pail ot' the ordinary construction usually 4formed out of a single blank of paper, cut and scored into bottom, sides, and ends` with corner folds between the sides and ends, and with end extensions with folds between the end extensions and the corner folds, which end extensions B, C

forni the inner portion ol" the cover, while the corner fold extensions I), E form the closing top covers.

'l` is the bail of theI bucket, which is secured to the eyelets (ir, which eyelets are clenched through the overlapping corneaI folds. The particular construction of blank for the paper pail, however, is "unimportant,

vas `my invention relates only to the locking device for fastening together the external top covers, nor is il of inlportam'e whether the side extensions, or the end extensions, are folded to form the external cover.

Attached to the upper edge ot' one of the top covers I) 'preferably between lhc overlappiu, ,r folds ot' the blank by means of a.

' small eyelet a, or otherwise, is a strip H, to

2. In the other to ing K is formed with form the locking tongue, the means of attaching same being such that the strip will pivot thereonso that it can be shifted laterally as shown by the dotted lines in Fig.

cover E a circular openits edge suitably bound with metal or otherwise to prevent wear.

' This circular opening K is of a diameter sufficiently greater than the width of the tongue H to permit the ready threading of the tongue througlrthe opening.

lIn' order to close the pail, the ltop covers i E', D are pressed inwards, and the tongue H is threaded through the opening K, then by sim 1y drawing back-the tongue the edges of tlie tongue obtain a bearing on the circular edges of the opening, and the top edges of the cover are thus accurately drawn together without any possibility of the top covl or shifting, as the tongue ers sprin infr up, is drawn acllr and pressed dow'n.

As above stated, if itshould ha pen that thegtongue and circular opening sliould not be found in correct alinement when the covers are brought together, the user merely shifts the tongue so that it can be threaded `through the opening and there is no necessit vof discarding the pail, nor is there any liability of a defective pail by reason of the fact that the tongue does not extend atright angles from its cover. The tongues, therefore, in my construction can be secured in place when the pail is formed withmueh c greater rapidity than in the-older constructions in which care has to be exercised, (which in the hurr of construction is frequently overlooked to see to it that the' tongue is secured at right angles to the edge of the cover ortion.

Having t us described .my invention, what I claim as new, Letters Patent, is :v

1. In a paper pail, top covers for closing the pail formed of doubled side extension folds, with a stripto form a tongue, pivoted to one top cover to swing laterally and an opening formedin the opposite top cover, whereby the lock may be established when the two members of the lock are not in alinement, substantially as described.

2. In a paper pail, top covers for closing the pail formed of doubled side extension folds, with aI strip to form a tongue, pivoted cover to swing laterally and av to one top circular opening of. a substantiallyvgreater diameter' than the width of the tongue formed lin th opposite top cover whereby a bearing surface may b'e obtainedfor the tongue in drawing the top'covers together and the lock may be established when the two members are not in alinemeut, substantially as described.

JOHN N. DAVIS. Witnesses: 'i

W. S. MCCQNNAUGHEY, H. H. SToNEnARGER.

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